Golf tour season
The 2001 Alps Tour was the inaugural season of the Alps Tour , a third-tier golf tour recognised by the European Tour .
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2001 season.[ 1]
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse (€ )
Winner[ a]
25 Mar
Memorial Richard Olalainty
France
45,000
Mickaël Dieu (1)
6 Apr
Executive Group Modena Open
Italy
25,000
Baldovino Dassù (1)
6 May
Donau Open
Austria
19,000
Maxime Demory (1)
1 Jun
Il Bipop Carire Open
Italy
25,000
Silvio Grappasonni (1)
3 Jun
Open de Bordeaux
France
30,000
Bertrand Cornut (1)
17 Jun
Gösser Open
Austria
19,000
Gordon Manson (1)
24 Jun
Memorial Olivier Barras
Switzerland
36,000
Stefano Reale (1)
1 Jul
UBS Warburg Golf Open
Switzerland
67,000
Bertrand Cornut (2)
13 Jul
Quattroruote Open
Italy
43,000
Stefano Reale (2)
12 Aug
Murtal Open
Austria
22,000
Alexandre Balicki (1)
19 Aug
NÖ Open
Austria
22,000
Alessandro Napoleoni (1)
15 Sep
Steigenberger Open
Austria
22,000
Markus Brier (1)
29 Sep
Open de Toulouse
France
60,000
Roger Sabarros (1)
7 Oct
Intercontinental Open
Austria
22,000
Gordon Manson (2)
14 Oct
Il Selesta Open
Italy
25,000
Julien van Hauwe (1)
28 Nov
Riviera dei Fiori Open
Italy
25,000
Gianluca Pietrobono (1)
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in euros .[ 2] The top four players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2002 Challenge Tour .[ 3]
Position
Player
Prize money (€ )
Status earned
1
Stefano Reale
23,332
Promoted to Challenge Tour
2
Bertrand Cornut
23,011
3
Alexandre Balicki
13,869
4
Julien van Hauwe
12,230
5
Roger Sabarros
12,219
6
Alessandro Tadini
11,924
7
Alessandro Napoleoni
11,423
8
Marco Soffietti
10,439
9
Mickaël Dieu
10,334
10
Gianluca Pietrobono
10,286
Notes
^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Alps Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Alps Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour .
References
External links
2001 Satellite Tour seasons